You, who are so great and rich, have made Yourself little and poor for us! You chose to be born far from home, in a stable, to be wrapped in swaddling clothes, to be nourished at Your Virgin Mother’s breast, to be laid in a manger between an ox and an ass. Today is the dawn of the new redemption, of the old restoration, of eternal happiness. Today the heavens have distilled honey throughout the whole world. Then, O my soul, kiss this divine manger, press your lips to the Infant’s feet and embrace them. Meditate on the shepherds watching their clocks, contemplate the angelic hosts, prepare to join the heavenly melody, singing with your lips and with your heart: ‘Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth to men of good will.’Saint Bonaventure

The convictions acquired in prayer are the only ones that do not collapse. The reason is, as Charles de Foucauld tells us, this: to pray is to think of God and to love him. In the light of the Truth, in the fire of Love, decisions become realities. But that only if the recourse to God is continual. If not, you will find yourself again in the dark. One day passed all the time in continual prayer is like a day surrounded by illuminated fog. The soul expands in prayer. To be small before God: that is prayer.Tomás Morales Pérez SJ (1908–1994)

Notwithstanding my littleness, I dare to gaze upon the Sun of Love. I am filled with the hope that one day You will swoop down upon me and, bearing me away to that Source of all Love, you will plunge me at last into its blowing abyss.Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face